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Please read these guidelines carefully before sending us your manuscript.
We have increased our reading fee for longer manuscripts from non-subscribers.
Subscribers to WordWrights are exempt from the usual reading fees.
WHY DO WE CHARGE A READING FEE?
WE NOW ACCEPT MANUSCRIPTS BY E-MAIL!
Send all manuscripts to WordWrights, P.O. Box 21069, Washington, DC 20009-9997. Manuscripts must be at least five pages long. All manuscripts must be typed. The type must be black on white paper. Clear, high-quality xerox copies are acceptable. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable. Previously published works are acceptable. We encourage authors to submit short stories and articles no longer than 2,500 words. All manuscripts must come with a stamped, self-addressed envelope (S.A.S.E.). Please make sure the S.A.S.E. is large enough and bears enough postage for your manuscript's return (if return is desired).
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY & PHOTOGRAPHS
A brief author biography, 100 words or less in length, and color or black & white author photographs may be submitted with the manuscript. Author biographies are printed in our ‘‘About the Authors’’ section for those authors whose works are accepted and published. Author photographs are printed either in our ‘‘About the Authors’’ section, and/or with the author’s published work, and/or may be printed on the front or back cover of the magazine. Author biographies and photographs are REQUIRED of all authors accepted for publication. Please Note: Failure to provide the requested author biography and photograph upon acceptance of an author’s manuscript may result in delay or cancellation of the manuscript’s publication.
MANUSCRIPT READING FEE: MINIMUM $5.00
WHY DO WE CHARGE A READING FEE?
Each manuscript of 5 pages must be accompanied by a non-refundable reading fee of $5.00 in cash, check, or money order payable to WordWrights or The Argonne Hotel Press. (NOTE: E-Mail submissions paid using PAYPAL have a MAXIMUM fee of $5.00).
ADDITIONAL READING FEE FOR LONGER MANUSCRIPTS Manuscripts longer than 5 pages must be accompanied by an additional fee of $1.00 per page. For example, a 25-page manuscript requires a $25.00 reading fee ($5.00 for 5 pages + $1.00 per additional page X 20 pages = $25.00 total). (NOTE: E-Mail submissions paid using PAYPAL have a MAXIMUM fee of $5.00).
MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED BY E-MAIL
Manuscripts submitted by e-mail with the reading fee paid using PAYPAL have a MAXIMUM fee of $5.00. Such manuscripts may include up to 10 poems and/or fiction/nonfiction pieces up to 5,000 words in length.
MANUSCRIPTS RECEIVED WITHOUT READING FEE
Manuscripts received without the required reading fee will be returned, unread, if accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope, or recycled (trashed) if there is no S.A.S.E.
READING FEE EXEMPTIONS
The only manuscripts exempt from reading fees are (1) manuscripts specifically requested of the author by an editor, or (2) manuscripts submitted by current subscribers to WordWrights.
ASSIGNMENT OF COPYRIGHT
An author whose manuscript is accepted for publication in WordWrights must sign and return a ‘‘Page Proof Release and Assignment of Copyright Contract,’’ provided by the publisher. All rights revert to the author after publication.
CASH PAYMENTS FOR PUBLISHED WORKS
Upon publication of an author’s manuscript(s), either in full or in part, in any issue of WordWrights, the author will receive a payment of $25.00 from the publisher, The Argonne Hotel Press. This $25.00 payment is for an author’s entire published contribution appearing in a single issue of WordWrights, whether or not the published work is from one or several different manuscripts submitted by the author.
OPTIONAL PAYMENT PLANS
The author may request some or all of the $25.00 payment in the form of copies of WordWrights ($5.00 per copy).
‘‘BEST OF ISSUE’’ CASH AWARDS
Each issue, three authors will receive ‘‘Best of Issue’’ awards for their manuscript submissions to WordWrights. The awards of $200.00, $150.00, and $100.00 replace the standard $25.00 payments received by all published authors.
SUBSCRIPTIONS, BACK ISSUES, FREE SAMPLES
Subscriptions to WordWrights are $25.00 for 6 issues, $45.00 for 12 issues, $79.00 for 24 issues, or $300.00 for a Lifetime Subscription. (Lifetime Subscriptions include a free copy of each available back issue). Back issues of WordWrights are available for $5.00 each. A free sample copy of WordWrights is available upon request.
CHAPBOOKS AND BOOK LENGTH MANUSCRIPTS
The Argonne Hotel Press ONLY considers chapbook manuscripts or book-length manuscripts from authors who have previously been published in WordWrights magazine.
Send All Manuscripts to:
WordWrights, P.O. Box 21069, Washington, DC 20009-9997.
Please do not send us certified or registered mail!
Please include S.A.S.E. with sufficient POSTAGE for return of your manuscript!
WordWrights, P.O. Box 21069, Washington, DC 20009-9997.
Please do not send us certified or registered mail!
Please include S.A.S.E. with sufficient POSTAGE for return of your manuscript!
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